Ray Bolger began his career in vaudeville. He was half of a team called "Sanford and Bolger" and also did numerous Broadway shows on his own. He, like Gene Kelly, was a song-and-dance man as well as an actor. He was signed to a contract with MGM in 1936 and his first role was as himself in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). This was soon followed by a role opposite Eleanor Powell in Rosalie (1937). His first dancing and singing role was in Sweethearts (1...
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The Wizard of Oz
As "Hunk" / Scarecrow
Just You and Me, Kid
As Tom
Babes in Toyland
As Barnaby
April in Paris
As Sam Winthrop Putnam
The Harvey Girls
As Chris Maule
That's Dancing!
As Self - Host
The Great Ziegfeld
As Ray Bolger
Rosalie
As Bill Delroy
Sweethearts
As Hans
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
As Self
Look for the Silver Lining
As Jack Donahue
Where's Charley?
As Charley Wykeham
The Runner Stumbles
As Monsignor Nicholson
Sunny
As Bunny Billings
Four Jacks and a Jill
As Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
The Daydreamer
As The Pieman
The Entertainer
As Billy Rice
Peter and the Magic Egg
As Uncle Amos (voice)
That's Entertainment!
As (archive footage)
Make Mine Laughs
As (archive footage)
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
As 'Hunk' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
As (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
As Self - Actor (archive sound)
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
As Self (uncredited)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
As Self
Stage Door Canteen
As Ray Bolger
The Whimsical World of Oz
As Self
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
As Self
Annie
As Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
As Self (archive footage)
Back Stage Party
As Self
Three on a Date
As Andrew
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
As Self (archive)
The Dark Side of Oz
As Hunk / Scarecrow (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
As Self
Little House on the Prairie
The Love Boat
As Horace McDonald
Diff'rent Strokes
Baretta
Donny & Marie
As Self
General Electric Theater
As Alfred Boggs
Nanny and the Professor
The Hollywood Palace
As Self - Host
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
As Self
Where's Raymond?
As Raymond Wallace
Captains and the Kings
As R.J. Squibbs
The George Gobel Show
As Self
The Judy Garland Show
As Self
The Mike Douglas Show
As Self
What's My Line?
As Self - Mystery Guest
The Bell Telephone Hour
As Self
Omnibus
As Self (archive footage)
Battlestar Galactica
As Vector